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平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Yukari no hana tabiji no omokage  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Fuji, Mount (Japan)
Mount Fuji (Japan)
富士山
Ariwara, Narihira, 825-880
Mitate Narihira Azuma kudari
在原, 業平, 825-880
見立業平東下り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

黃表紙十種  

Publication Date:  Taishō 7 [1918]
Creator:  Tsukamoto, Tetsuzō, 1881-1953
塚本哲三, 1881-1953
Publisher:  Yūhōdō ( Tōkyō )
有朋堂 ( 東京 )
Format:  12, 2, 298 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
日本の小説 -- 江戸時代, 1600から1868
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Ichikawa Monnosuke, II
市川門之助 2世
Sakata Hangorō, 1724-1782
坂田半五郎 2世, 1724-1782
Bandō Mitsugorō, 1745-1782
坂東三津五郎 1世, 1745-1782
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Three geisha carrying momiji branches, with yellow ground  

Publication Date:  circa 1792
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Measurements:  24.5 x 18.0 cm
Subjects:  Geishas
Japanese maple
Trees
Momiji
芸者
イロハモミジ
紅葉
木
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Four characters of Ōtsu-e Three of them playing Ken, accompanied by shamisen music on a boat  

Publication Date:  circa 1810/1820
Creator:  歌川, 豊広, 1773-1828
Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?
Measurements:  19.2 x 52.0 cm
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Musicians
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ōtsu-e
Buddha
Devils
Oni
Koto
Drum
Shamisen
ボート
大津絵
釈迦
悪魔
鬼
箏
太鼓
音楽家
三味線
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors Ichikawa Danjurō, Iwai Hanshirō IV, and Nakamura Rikō I, standing in front of a shrine corridor  

Publication Date:  circa 1795
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.3 (right), 31.0 x 15.0 (center), 31.0 x 13.9 (left) cm
Subjects:  Shrines
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Nakamura Rikō, 1742-1786
中村里好 1世, 1742-1786
Iwai Hanshirō IV
岩井, 半四郎 4世
神社
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

魚づくし 鯵と車海老  

Publication Date:  circa 1830
Creator:  歌川, 広重 1世, 1797-1858
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Measurements:  25.5 x 36.5 cm
Subjects:  Poetry
Fishes
魚類
Shrimps
Trachurus japonicus
Mackerels
Toshinoya Tomiharu
Kyōka
Prawns
Horse mackerel
Jack mackerel
エビ
海老
マアジ
サバ
狂歌
和歌
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

保元物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
保元の乱
日本 -- 保元の乱
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Omiwa in the kabuki play "Imose Yama onna teikin"]  

Publication Date:  circa 1778
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Imoseyama onna teikin
妹背山
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Tōto Kinryūzan Asakusa-dera no zu  

Publication Date:  1840's
Creator:  昇亭, 北寿, 1763-1824?
Shōtei Hokuju, 1763-1824?
昇亭北壽
Publisher:  Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
Measurements:  24.8 x 36.0 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
Asakusa Shrine (Tokyo, Japan)
神社
浅草神社
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, with a bag under his arm, standing by a bamboo thicket  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.5 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Bambo
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
Thickets
Bags
竹
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V a Gokuin Sen-emon, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

早く 決めたい  

Publication Date:  1852
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Sanoki
Measurements:  34.4 x 24.8 cm
Subjects:  Women
Fishing
女性
Octopuses
Fortune-telling
売卜
Cats
漁
タコ
占い
ネコ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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